Can-spout-seal cutter



Sept. 18, 1928.

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Patentedsept. 18, 1928. V v I l, i I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.Q

ALFRED mnscnxn, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GAN-SPOUT-SEAL CUTTER.

Application filed September 25, 1926. Serial No. 137,707.

My invention relates to can spout seal cut- In the use of my invention the tube A is I ters and has for its object to provide an article frictionally inserted in the spout 11, the said of nmnufacture which shall be simplelin conspout then acting as a guide for the tube; and struction and inexpensive to manufacture and the plane end of the tube resting on the metal 45 adapted to the purpose intended. to be cut, as at 19, the tube is caused to be With the above and other objects in view, rotated by grasping with the hand, whereby my invention consists in the combination and a circular disc as at 20, will be cut from the arrangement of parts hereinafter described seal and the can thus opened for the removal and claimed, it being understood that, within of its contents, as at 18. g 50 the limits of what is claimed, changes may be I claim:

made in the precise embodiment shown with- 1. In a device for cutting a metal can out departing from the spirit of the invenspout seal,'a tube having one end adapted to n rest upon the seal, said tube also having a In the drawings v longitudinal slot from end to end whereby 55 Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of said tube is adapted to have its entire perimmy invention in use in a can spout; eter shortened so as to frictionally and rotat- Figure 2 is a plan view of my invention; ably engage the interior of the spout, and a Figure 3 is a section along the line 33 of portion of the wall of the tube being extended Figure p to form a dependent cutting element, said 60 1 Figure 4 is a plan view of a can spout after element being projected from the wall of the having theseal cut. by my device. {tube radially inwardly thereof and adapted In the merchandising of certain liquids, it to pierce said seal with a circular path when is expedient to provide sealed cans or consaid tube is rotated whereby to leave an annutaincrs for the purpose in order that no lar portion of the seal for the tube to rest 65 vapors may escape and also to reduce'the fire upon whilejbeing rotated.

danger. In a form of construction of such 2. In a device 01": the kind described, a tube cans well known to those skilled in the art, a substantially of greater length than the depth can 10 is provided with a spout 11 and a cap of the spout, said tube having a longitudinal 12 threaded to said collet. Positioned inside slot from end to end so as tobe adapted to 70 the said spout is the seal or diaphragm 1 3 have its entireperimeter-shortened for fricwhich must be out or perforated in orderto tional and rotational engagement with the remove the contents of the can. interior of the spout, and said tube also hav In the embodiment shown, my invention ingadependent cutting elementinsetradially consists of a tube A adapted to'rotatably eninwardly from the perimeter of the tube and the inside of the spout 11, and having 2. adapted to pierce theseal with a circular path plane end as at 14. and a longitudinal ,slot when the tube is rotated so as to leave an an- 1 as at 15, whereby the said tube may be fricnular portion of the seal for the tube to tioually inserted in said spout; a triangular rest upon while being rotated. cutter 16 is formed integrally the plane end In testimony whereof I afix my signature. 40 of the said tube and inset radially form the r i periphery of the tube as shown at17. ALFRED JAESCHKE. 

